Im tracy davidson. And im vai sikahema. You can see behind us, center city, clouds are starting to form. Theyre moving in slowly. Thats ominous. Lets get to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. Hes got the neighborhood forecast and why those clouds are coming in. A really good idea to keep an eye on the sky today. Youre going to see changes. Were seeing the last bit of sunshine right now in cape may as clouds move in. Sun just came up a short time ago. Sunshine is going to be limited. Then theres that shower threat. Showers and thunderstorms during the day today. Not here yet. Wilmington and philadelphia are dry. Look at the wet weather thats moving in through maryland and into portions of southeastern pennsylvania. Just south of harrisburg the rain is coming into the area. Its got time be ever it mofore into the delaware valley. Delaware and south jersey will see thunderstorm activity. The heaviest part of that weather is moving through West Virginia. Thats the area of greatest risk of Severe Weather of these passing storms. There is a possibility that southern delaware and into south jersey could see some of the stronger storms during the day today. Getting some sunshine in the Lehigh Valley. The clouds are on the increase there. Showers and a chance of some thunderstorms this morning and into the afternoon hours in eastern pennsylvania. The greater threat is farther to the south. For delaware, clouds are already there. Temperatures holding with showers and thunderstorms and the potential for heavy downpours. Lightning will be visible at times in philadelphia. The chance of some storms comes into play later in the morning for philadelphia, 73 degrees. The farther north you go, the better chance youll see some of those breaks of sunshine. All of this combined to keep us cooler this afternoon with showers and thunderstorms, upper 70s to low 80s today. Look at the futurecast hour by hour to show you when those storms are most likely when im back in ten minutes. Right now Jessica Boyington has an update. Thanks, bill. Were watching the vine street expressway through center city. No big problems or delays yet. You can see headed westbound right here, cameras around 8th street, no problems. With 95, we were seeing some delays a few moments ago because there was a disabled vehicle that was headed southbound right around allegheny avenue. Thats cleared out of the way. Were pretty much back to normal. Were at a 15minute trip. Still in the green. No big problems there. Speeds starting to drop into the 50s. If you take mass transit, watch for train 9703 dealing with some 20minute delays. The rest of mass transit on or close to schedule. Back to breaking news weve been covering over the past hour. A Philadelphia Police officer is in the hospital and roads are closed after a septa bus hit a Police Cruiser. This happened in west philadelphia. Youre looking live at the scene right now. Northbound 63rd street is closed between lansdown and master. Pamela osborne has just arrived on the scene. Tell us whats happening. Reporter vai, you can see the Police Cruiser involved in that accident is still here on the scene. Just within the past minute or so, they opened up this intersection. Traffic again is moving at 63rd street. You do want to keep your eye out. There is still quite a bit of Police Activity here. Now, the injured officer was a passenger in that cruiser. Police tell us that sergeant and an officer were heading to assist with a burglary in progress. The cruiser was heading east on haverford with lights and sirens on when they were clipped by a septa bu septa bus. The impact caused the cruiser to spin and wreck into a pole. There were no passengers on the bus. The sergeant who was driving the cruiser was not injured, but he was taken to the hospital to be checked out. The officer that was hurt was walking and talking before he was taken by ambulance to penn presbyterian hospital. He was complaining of pain to his neck and side. As you can see, police are still here on the scene investigating. Best bet as of now if youre heading out this morning, if you travel in this area, maybe take a different route because as i mentioned, police are still on scening investigating. Reporting live in west philly, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. This morning were following a developing story on capitol hill. History in the making. Heres a live look from the house floor, where House Democrats are still staging a protest over gun control, even though the house adjourned a couple hours ago. The protest began yesterday. Now more than 18 hours in, some lawmakers are still on the floor. Nbc 10s matt delucia has been following the story overnight. Hes live in our digital operations center. This protest relied heavily on social media. Why is that . The house controls the cameras. When they were turned off, democrats sitting on the floor pulled out their cell phones to get their message out, even though thats against the house decor rum ru decorum rules. This is what it looked like. Republicans passed a vote unrelated to gun control. That led to a recess until after july 4th. While republicans left, many of the democrats stayed and continued their sitin, shouting no bill, no break. This started yesterday morning a little under 19 hours ago, aimed at getting a vote on gun reforms in the house. There have also been protesters gathered outside the capitol. You see a shot of that there. Democrats say their efforts were successful, even though they did not get the votes they were looking for. We must never, ever give up or give in or give out. [ cheers and applause ] we will come back into session july 5th. Many members of Congress Took part in this sitin. Heres what weve been able to gather so far. 168 out of 188 House Democrats along with 34 Senate Democrats have joined the protest. Thats according to the House Minority leaders office. Matt, thank you. Happening now overseas, voters are going to the polls in britain for the socalled brexit referendum. They are deciding whether the country should leave or stay in the European Union. Those who want to leave say its a matter of sovereignty and national identity. The remain campaign led by Prime MinisterDavid Cameron contends britain is safer and richer inside the eu. Britain joined the 28member European Union more than 40 years ago. 6 07. Here at home and new from overnight, Philadelphia Police are searching for a gunman who shot a bar security guard. Authorities say the guard was leaving the bar at front and wyoming around 2 00 a. M. When he saw the gunman shooting down the block. He fired at that shooter. He was hit in the leg during the shootout. Police are searching for clues in a car that the gunman abandoned nearby. Congressman fattah is expected to meet with house members today to figure out how soon he will step down following his corruption conviction. Fattah submitted his resignation yesterday, but he said hed stay in office until october 3rd, just before his sentencing. House speaker paul ryan, meanwhile, wants him to leave now. On tuesday, a jury found fattah guilty of taking an illegal milliondollar loan for a failed Mayoral Campaign and using taxpayer money to pay it back. Despite his conviction, a pastor whose church is in fattahs district still points to the good that he did. He definitely did a lot for the community. He was present. He was available. He was around for the people. Im hoping that things work out all the way around and that hes on our prayer list. If fattah resigns now, Governor Tom Wolf would have to call for a special election within ten days of resignation. That election would take place 60 days later. Nine minutes after 6 00. We saw a little bit of sunshine in parts of the area, but its already cloudy in wilmington. The view from the stadium. This is one of the areas that will likely see storms over the next few hours. Those storms are not far away. Im tracking some showers and thunderstorms for this morning. A chance that well see them again this afternoon and into the late evening hours. Its heavy weather thats moved through the midwest thats now pushing into maryland and heading towards delaware. In fact, its not far. The light rainfall is not far from Newcastle County in delaware right now. The heavy storms are still farther to the west. Stormy conditions today but just in time for our first weekend of summer, things are going to be drying out and warming up. Upper 80s for saturday after we reach into the middle 80s for tomorrow. Near 90 degrees on sunday. But thats friday, saturday, and sunday. We still have to get through today with the storms. Sunshine breaking through in the Lehigh Valley and suburbs. Theres still some clouds around. The farther south you go, the more clouds youll see. The better chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms. Already cloudy in cape may. Dover getting clouds. Those rain drops are going to be moving in this morning with the thunderstorms farther to the south. Most likely in delaware and south jersey. The Severe Weather that weve been tracking is still in West Virginia. Look at the lightning field. A very large field from eastern West Virginia in through Northern Virginia and maryland as well. Well likely get some storms. This is trending to the southeast. That makes it less likely that the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs are going to see the strong storms. More likely southern delaware and into central delaware and possibly extreme south jersey to get some of that storminess. Futurecast shows at 9 00 this morning, those storms on the move. Heavy downpours just passing the south of delaware in the d. C. Area. Some showers continuing into south jersey by 11 00 this morning. This is when we see the rain reaching into philadelphia. Just a chance of some scattered showers in the Lehigh Valley. By this afternoon, scattered showers are possible. Thats at 3 30 this afternoon. Into the evening hours, well get some breaks in the clouds. Then here comes another round of showers and thunderstorms at 10 00 tonight in the baltimore area, pushing into southern delaware just after midnight tonight. Its going to be on and off rainfall today. The potential for damaging winds and large hail, the farther south you go, the greater that threat. The greatest risk of Severe Weather with this storm system is over West Virginia. So its going to be a damp day at times. Not going to be an allday rainfall. Occasional showers and thunderstorms possible for philadelphia. Less likely in the suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. Interior new jersey, with temperatures near the 80degree mark this afternoon, limited sunshine, and keep an eye on the sky this afternoon. All right. Thank you, bill. It is 6 12 this thursday morning. Lets get a look at south jersey. 42 freeway. Jessica boyington has an update. Were watching the 42 freeway right now. No big problems or delays, especially heading into philadelphia. Thats typically where we see more of that, at least during the morning commute. Headed northbound, there are more cars heading that direction. For now, good in both directions. Also in new jersey, watching in Hamilton Township for an overturned vehicle blocking the ramp from 129 southbound to route 29 right now. Some cars are being detoured around this scene. Earlier we talked about some construction on the garden state parkway. Headed northbound around 322 there were some lane reinstructirestrictio restrictio restrictions. Thats cleared out of the way. Some delays for septas trenton line. Check before you head out the door this morning. Jessica, thank you. Today a judge will determine the fate of a baltimore Police Officer charged with murder in the death of freddie gray. Well have an update on the case. Plus, a congressional candidate is causing controversy with his campaign billboards. As far as things being offensive, hey, get over it. The world is offensive. There are things that offend me. Well hear why the candidate stands by his decision to put up the billboard. Plus, caught with an arsenal. Suspects from our area had an suv filled with weapons. Lawyers say a certain sticker on the vehicle is what triggered the arrest. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal or transfer each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright. With simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . 6 16 and 72 degrees outside. New information this morning. Three people arrested heading into the holland tunnel with a car full of guns have pleaded not guilty to weapons charges. John cramsec and dean smith are both from lehigh county. Kimberly arendt is from carbon county. Police stopped their vehicle when they saw a cracked windshield. They found a number of rifles, handguns, and knives in the vehicle. Cramsey told them the three were on a mission to rescue a kidnapped teenager on heroin in new york. Crams cra cramsey posted about the socalled mission on facebook. A Defense Attorney Says Police stopped the trio because of a sticker on the truck. The owners of pulse nightclub will hold a Fund Raising Event today to remember the vibctims of the june 12th shooting massacre. It will be latin themed. Money raised will benefit pulse nightclub employees. The verdict is expected today in the trial of a baltimore Police Officer accused in the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors say Cesar Goodson was behind the wheel of the police van where grays neck was broken last year. The judge is expected to deliver his verdict at 10 00 a. M. Well have an update for you on nbc 10 news at 11 00. Meanwhile, people in tennessee are outraged over a billboard. It says, quote, make America White again. The sign is for rick tyler, an independent congressional candidate for tennessees third district. He says he stands by his message, but a lot of people disagreed, and the billboard was taken down less than 12 hours after it went up. 6 18. Lets get a look at the schuylkill this morning. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has an update for you head out the door. Were watching the schuylkill expressway. This is right around south street. Looking okay so far. Traffic may be a little slower headed westbound right here. At least through this point. No big problems or delays. Thats probably just where the cars are starting to merge, where were seeing that slowdown. Headed eastbound, no big problems. Were not seeing any of those huge delays yet. Were also still watching that accident scene out in west philadelphia. Not a major scene anymore. The intersection is basically open but still some Police Cruisers on the scene. 63rd and haverford avenue. Moving over into new jersey, in Hamilton Township there is an overturned vehicle on route 129 southbound. The ramp to route 29, because of that overturned vehicle, is closed. Were also watching more construction out in woodbury. Cooper street is closed between railroad avenue and green avenue. Thatll be until 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Well have more updates for you when i come back. 6 19. Were approaching an hour of daylight. The sun is up. Just getting a better view of the clouds coming into north wildwood. The sun is fading at cape may. If youre heading out, it is dry right now, but those clouds are going to change that for much of the area. Strong showers and thunderstorms taking shape, moving toward our area, especially likely in delaware and south jersey. Theres a chance that even philadelphia will see some strong late evening thunderstorms. That greatest risk will be to the south. Were keeping a close watch on delaware this morning. Thats wilmington. Not seeing any sunshine there. The clouds are already in the area. Rain is on the way. Its all going to combine to keep the entire area cooler today than it has been. Brewery town, 80 degrees in philadelphia this afternoon. Youll see some breaks of sunshine. A mostly cloudy day in the Lehigh Valley and into the 80s for new jersey. South jersey will see occasional showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures into the low 80s. A greater chance of seeing some stronger storms farther to the south. Cape may and into delaware as well. Rehoboth and dover, showers, thunderstorms, and near 80 degrees this afternoon. The wet weather just getting ready to move into Newcastle County. In fact, you can see its moving right along i95. The first rain drops are starting to fall on i95 in Newcastle County heading towards newark right now. The rain should be starting within the next few minutes. The heaviest part of this weather, though, fortunately for us is moving through West Virginia and trending towards virginia. This is a large area of showers and thunderstorms. It has the potential for producing Severe Weather. So well be keeping a close eye on that all day today and into tonight. Though it wont be an allday rainfall. Farther to the north, theres a better chance youll see some sunshine breaking through. 80 degrees in philadelphia. Sun is back tomorrow. The storms are out of here as we head into the weekend. It warms up into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees on sunday. Partly sunny monday, 88 degrees. Chances of showers monday, more likely for tuesday, wednesday, and into thursday with high temperatures in